Mood & Tone Vocabulary

How might you describe the tone of the man in the bowtie?

• Calm

• Sassy

• Angry

• Ronald

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What word best describes the tone of the passage below?

It was obvious something was going on. There was a cluster of four people who stopped talking instantly when Cameron came into the room. Johnnae glanced around nervously when Bryan approached them. "What are you doing here?" ..."We weren't expecting you"

• Violent

• Energized

• Bossy

• Suspicious

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What mood would you associate with this picture?

• Joy

• Anger

• Fear

• Sadness

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What word best describes the mood of this passage...

The Christmas tree glittered with glass decorations and sparkling lights. The house smelled of gingerbread and vanilla and the sound of laughter came from the kitchen

• Depressing

• Festive

• Tragic

• Uncertain

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Setting

• the TIME and PLACE in which a story happens

• the LIFE LESSON of the story

• the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular character, event, setting, situation, etc.

• to tell a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Tone

• How the author feels; an attitude of a writer toward a subject

• How the reader feels; the reactions and emotions that a work of literature produces in a reader through words and descriptions

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Mood

• How the author feels; an attitude of a writer toward a subject

• How the reader feels; the reactions and emotions that a work of literature produces in a reader through words and descriptions

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Inference

• the state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings

• explaining the meaning of someone else's creative work

• an educated guess based on evidence, logic, and reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

True or False: Mood is the author's attitude toward the subject

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

True or False: Tone is the feeling the audience gets when reading a piece of literature

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4